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| Student follows inquiry through with relevant research. Has refined and gathered information and communicates findings into a suitable digital presentation. |
Findings highly informative and relevant. Information selected about key issues extremely concise and communicated clearly on the digital resource. |
Findings informative and relevant. Information selected about key issues clear. Concise language communicated on digital resource . |
Findings somewhat informative and relevant. Information selected about key issues communicated on digital resource. |
Findings uninformative and irrelevant. Little or confusing information selected about key issues communicated on digital resource. |
Little evidence of findings. Confusing or no information selected about key issues. Poorly communicated on digital resource. |
| Completed presentation communicates reflection of the impact of the explorer on the early settlers’ life in Australia. |
Highly informative information clearly reflecting on the impacts of the early settlers and Aboriginal peoples. |
Informative information reflects on the impacts of the early settlers and Aboriginal peoples. |
Some information not clearly reflecting on the impacts of the early settlers and Aboriginal peoples. |
Little or confusing information. Does not reflect on the impacts of the early settlers and Aboriginal peoples. |
Confusing or no relevant information. No reflection on the impacts of the early settlers and Aboriginal peoples. |
| Presentation communicates understanding of the many different issues that may occur on the journeys both explorer and modern. |
Highly reflective article discussing many possible outcomes for the journey with many different issues that may occur taken into account. |
Reflective article discussing several possible outcomes for the journey with some different issues that may occur taken into account. |
Somewhat reflective article discussing only two or three possible outcomes with the occasional issue raised that may occur. |
Article shows little or confusing discussion and limited possibilities taken into account. One or two possible events taken into account. |
Article shows no discussion. Communicates poor or no understanding of difficulties that may arise during the journey. |
| Use of appropriate language throughout the presentation, including grammar, punctuation and spelling. |
Very small number of spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors. |
Some spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors. |
Spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors found throughout.. |
Many spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors found. |
Extremely high number of spelling, punctuation or grammatical errors found. |